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[1]
[no place, no date]
I supposed the half sheet
I commenced this note on
would be all sufficient -
Doct Frost will no doubt
be able to put up this
Prescription for you, it
should not cost you
more than forty cts all
told that is beside the
Whiskey Take it three
times a day just before
eating But first the
system should be free
freed from bile by some
medicine I have no
doubt but it will do
you much good, and
in case you cannot
get it put up there
send to Aschoffs
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drugstore in Galveston
and you can get it put
up there, and it will
be put up in the right
quantities
I have not
heard from Mrs Harri-
son since she left, nor
have I written to her. As
I have been very much
occupied all the time
Nellie the little negro
has been sick for the
last week. I sometimes
doubt if she ever gets
well, she has slow, or
low, night fevers
which I find very dif-
ficult to break up
Sam wants to
go and I must
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close write me
how you get along
particularly in
regard to your
health
As ever your
loving Mother
Mary Jones
[2]
[no place, no date]
Tell Mr. Ashe Gaston will
come out much better than
he expected in a final settle
-ment with the state, he is
constantly disposing of sirep [sic]
which will and collecting
Taxes which will be a big
help in his final settle-
settl ment with the state
&c &c Gas will have to go to
Austin before the present
comptroller goes out of office
to settle make his final set
-tlement
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All the better class and negroes too regret his
going out of office As the threat
has already been made that so
soon as he does “We will turn
this damed little Town up
-side down” &c &c
There is a jar of Brandy Peaches
in my wardrobe get them
out for yourself & Sam
Remember me to Ara Tell
her I hope she gets along well